The disinformation war

this morning (sunday 4th), 4.33-4.51am (repeated 11.32am and 12.32am) on bbc world service radio (and repeated wednesday 28th in the the documentary series)

the disinformation war in the middle east (presented by olga robinson and shayan sardarizadeh with eliot higgins of bellingcat) (in the trending series) includes …

“A flood of disinformation has erupted across social media in the online propaganda battle that’s being waged alongside the physical conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Everything from video game clips falsely presented as genuine combat footage, to the outright denial of civilian deaths, have been deployed to try to skew the online narrative and warp public perceptions.”

including contributions from …

• photojournalist ali jadallah

• photojournalist omar al-derawi

• journalist james longman

• rotem matias 16, son of murdered shlomi and deborah, kibbutz holit

OS: Gaza 30/10/2023

this afternoon (monday 30th), 4.06-4.15pm, 4.16-4.23pm, 4.33-4.47pm, 4.50-4.59pm, 5.06-5.26pm, and 5.32-5.40pm, on bbc world service radio 

bbc os (presented by james reynolds) leads with …

“Hamas has released a video which appears to show three Israeli hostages. One of them is fiercely critical of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and demands to be released immediately.

We explain what happened in Dagestan, where crowds shouting anti-semitic slogans and waving Palestinian flags stormed an airport on Sunday.”

including contributions from …

• former ambassador mark regev 

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• bbc verify reporter olga robinson

• bbc reporter paul adams

• leila american-israeli jewish and thayad israeli palestinian muslim

• dave rich, community security trust

• iman atta, tell mama

• noam sagi, son of kidnapped ada sagi

• doctor marwan abu saadeh

• bbc reporter sergei goryashko

• benjamin netanyahu